Choose the Perfect Brownie Pan for Your Family
You can opt for the free-form everybody does their thing brownie pan, the everybody get's an edge brownie pan or everyone get's a perfectly identical brownie pan
Baking brownies used to be easy. If you wanted to bake a few brownies, you got out the 9" x 9" baking pan and made your favorite recipe. If you wanted a lot you got out the 9" x 13" Wilton pan and probably doubled the recipe. Life was good. Then someone decided that people preferred all-edges brownies and a whole new class of brownie pan was created.
Okay I admit it, I'm a traditionalist when it comes to making brownies. My favorite brownie recipe fits in a 9" x 9" brownie pan. I've chosen the traditional Wilton pan to the right because it lets people choose how big a brownie that they want. They can also choose if they want a chewy edge brownie or a softer inner brownie. On the practical side, I love the fact that this brownie pan has a cover. In my world we are more apt to invite people over for supper than go out to a restaurant wth them. Usually the invited family brings dessert. Brownies are always a hit. When you have a cover made for your pan, it makes the transport so much easier - and you don't waste so much aluminum foil. Whenever possible I buy Wilton baking pans. Why? I've always been happy with the quality. As a small child I remember my mother and grandmother always buying Wilton.
The one exception I make to the everyone gets a different size brownie pan approach is when I'm making brownies to sell at the church bazaar, VFW hall or local football game. Then you definitely want every brownie to be the same size. Check out the Chicago Metallic Non-Stick Slice Solutions Brownie pan to the right. It's a nice big size pan at 13" x 9.5". That's important when you're baking for a bake sale. The brownie insert is removable so you don't always have to use it. And, the brownie pan comes with a lid, making it easier to get your brownies to the event in one piece.
When I make my fancy brownies I do use a brownie pan that looks very much like a cupcake pan - except the compartments are square. My fancy or surprise brownies are just my basic brownie recipe, with a Reeses peanut cup or thin mint in the center. The compartments just make it easier to put in some brownie batter, then add the candy, and add more brownie batter. With the compartments, I know just where the center of every brownie is.
I've noticed that Brownie Pops are really popular with the kids at the coffee hour after the Sunday morning church service. A few of the Moms have really gotten good at them and make the cutest designs. If you want to try your hand at this, then you definitely need to get a brownie pop mold pan. (Yes, Wilton makes one!)
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Make Brownies that will win raves at bake sales and other events
Let's face it bringing baked goods to a public event or to someone's house is a competitive sport for many women. We all want our brownies or cupcakes to sell first. I'm not sure I'll ever be confident enough to enter my brownies in the annual county fair, but I do like to see people get excited when I put out my brownies at a bake sale. So I admit it. I've done a little research on the matter, to find a few really good secret recipes - that I'll be known for! If you want to make scratch goumet brownies go with the Fat Witch Bakery cookbook. I've been to this famed New York bakery and it is wonderfully delicious. These brownies are fantastic. But equally wonderful are the Brownie Mix Bliss super-easy-to-make brownies from mixes. If you don't tell they'll never know that they aren't scratch brownies!
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